Asked a girl out for lunch, she wanted to bring friend last minute?

So theres this girl in my class that I like. Shes given me subtle ioi's in the past few weeks so I decided to ask her out to eat one day. So the day finally came, (yesterday) she called me and told me to choose a place. She also mentioned that she was on her way to her friends house and that I should choose a place for all of us to eat. (WTF?) I happen to be friends with that girl so it kind of threw me off. I've never had a situation where I asked a girl out and then she last minute told me she was going to bring someone along. I paniced and ended up blowin them off and not going which was very AFC of me, I know. But I couldn't help but assume that she wanted to bring her along so it wouldn't feel like a date. Like maybe she wanted to be just friends. My friend said maybe shes just a shy girl but Idk. Am I over thinking the situation? Should I just have went?

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So this is exactly what happened yesterday. She called me around 3 and asked me if I was still down to go eat. I said yeah sure and then right when I said that she said cool, I'm on my way to "Z" house. Choose a spot. That's when I kind of hesitated and then told her I'll call her back in a bit. I ended up not calling her so z , who I happen to know, gave me a call. She called 3 times within an hour and I didn't pick up. She even said "Hey, its been an hour buddy, We're just going to go eat first. Let us know if u want to go study with us later!" About 20 mins passed and I still didn't reply so Z sent me another text. "Hey we're actually just gonna go shopping instead, we'll let u know" So I texted back saying I was "busy and had to help my family with some stuff, maybe next time". Very very AFC of me, I regret not going. But did I dlv by not going? I saw the girl in class today and we talked a bit, not much because there was a lecture going on. After class we were walking towards our cars and when we parted ways, she mentioned we should go study this weekend but I said I have work during so and so hours. What should I have done different here? I asked her what she was doing after class and she said she had to help her sister with some "stuff." I figure she'd be busy so i didn't bother asking her to hang out today. I decided to call her like 10 mins later after we parted ways to ask her to lunch tomorrow, however no answer.(I should have done this in person). It's been like 8 hours since then and I don't want to come off as needy by sendin her a text or a call. Is she playing games with me and doing this because I flaked on her and her friend yesterday? Why must females be so complicated. What should I have done different, or what can I do to fix the situation? I feel like the longer I wait to Isolate her for 1 on 1 interaction to reach the comfort stage, the lower my chances will get. The next time I will see her for sure is this coming tuesday in class. What would you guys do?

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I forget what guru I read it from, but I specifically remember them writing that if you meet a girl and she's got a friend(s) along with her you typically end up getting thrown in the Friend's Zone because the entire frame of the meeting changes from intimate meeting to "just friends hanging out".

This is why I usually prefer aggressive and Direct Game right from the start so that little misunderstandings like her bringing friends along on dates, are discouraged.

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Hmm...thats a good point..For some weird reason..I feel like her friend that I know may be the one who has a crush on me, and not her. I hope I'm wrong because I want the cuter one. Is it too late for me to try to put on game ? How should I go about it